On the first offensive play of the Eagles’ 2017 season, Doug Pederson dialed up a deep shot to wide receiver Torrey Smith.

Smith showed he can still move and got behind Washington cornerback Josh Norman, but Carson Wentz underthrew him for an incompletion. Pederson said earlier this week that the reason for the underthrow was that Wentz’s front foot slipped.

To his credit, Wentz made it clear Wednesday that he didn’t think that was a very good excuse.

“I don’t know,” Wentz said. “My foot did slip just a tiny bit, but honestly I don’t think that made a difference.”

Later in the game, Smith got behind Norman once again. This time, Wentz overthrew him.

“We missed a couple down the field to Torrey,” Wentz said. “We’ve got to get on the same page. I’ve got to hit him on those ones. But if nothing else, people saw that Torrey can get behind the...